My friend and I went backpacking in Sweden and arrived in Oskarshamn at 8pm. The hostel we knew was fully booked, so we walked around, trying to get a place to sleep. I have stayed in Best Western Hotels before, so we were relieved when we saw that there was one, as we had agreed to stay in a hotel that night. But what happened was a little shock. Due to our (admittedly large) rucksacks, we were stared at in an unfriendly manner by the hotel employees from the moment we entered and the lady at the reception did not only tell us immediately that they had no double rooms left, which later, after a brief conversation with a guest turned out to be wrong, we also found out later when checking online that the prices she had named for the single rooms were much higher than they actually were. Clearly, she didn't want us to stay in the hotel. Due to her unfriendliness we had already realised that without knowing that she was lying, so we pretended to not be able to afford the rooms. Actually, both of us are, although young and enthusiastic backpackers, able to afford such prices, but we prefer to stay where we are welcome. Then, and that was what shocked me most, she told us to leave through the back door, which we did, as we didn't want to cause an argument. Now, I understand that hotels of a certain standard need to maintain a certain reputation and that backpackers entering and leaving the house might be a bit counterproductive. But I a) don't think that a Best Western hotel is a hotel of such a high standard and b) it was wednesday evening after 9pm and there were not many people around to witness our entering and leaving. Also, while I'm aware that it is not a hotel's duty to help tourists if they take the risk of turning up in a town without a booking or a general idea of where to sleep, I'm not sure if it's right to show two 20 year old women out the back door after 9pm in a town they don't know, only giving them the general direction of the next hotel, because they might harm the hotel's reputation. As I said, it's not the hotel's duty to look after us, so I think one can argue about that. What I do think is undineiably wrong, however, is the unfriendly way in which we were treated and I doubt that I will ever stay in a Best Western hotel again.